Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-30
WASHINGTON.
The Treasury Receipts for August
Nearly 100000 in Excess
Of the Expenditures,
The Recent Order Restoring 10 Settle
meHt Certain Railway indemnify
Lands Put Into Effect.

The Newly Appointed Fish Commissioner |
Business Man Rather shaE q Man
OF Scientific Pursuits.
THE SURPLUS GROWING.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 80 -Notwithstand-
jig the large pension payments this
month amounting to SIG 500, 000, the re
ceipts for the month 20 date sre more
than $500, goo in excess Of the total ex-
renditures during the same period. The
receipts have averaged over q million dol
lars day and now amount to 833,8If,-
584.
RESTORED TO SETTLEMENT.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29-Acting Com
missioner StoCkslager has issued the nee
essary instructions 10 carry into effect
Secretary Lsmar's recent order restoring
TO settlement and entry certain rail road
indemnity lands es follows: Southern
Pacific Railway of California, about ( ,000,-
600 acres; Dallea Military road OF Ore
gon, about 10000 acres; Alabama and
Chattanooga Railway of Alabama, about
1000 covered by unspproved selec-
tons; ViCksburg and Meridian Railway
CT Mississippi, about 500, geo acres also
covered by unapproVed select ions.
THE NEW FISH COMMISSIONER.
SpeCial to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Aug. % The appoint
ment of Solicitor McCue to the POSITION
OF Fish Commissioner hss given rise to
8 large number of 1umors An Official
who is IN position to know all about the
Fish Commissioner said to your CORE
spondent tonight that the appointment
was only temporary one. Some time
past he said that the President has felt
that ne ought TO take COgniZzrCe Of the
many complaints that reached him OF 8
Wantcn waste Of money IN the affairs Of
the commission. There is one
thi0g certain, and that is Judge
McCue's appointment could not have
been made by the President on the assumr-
tior that he would make successful Fish
Commissioner. The law requires the
appointment of scientific man to the
piece. Mr.. Cleveland has had but one
eaject in view in his appointment, and
THAT was thorough overhsaliug of the
commissions expenditures. I don't wish
10 criticise the acts Cf Professor Bairi,
but am certain the expensive lUnts so
frequent heretofore will Re known no
longer.
PAYMAsTER'S ACCOUNTS.
WASHINGTON, Aug 29-Second Comp.
troller Butler has written letter to Pay
masterGeneral Rochester Of Inc army IN
regard TO accounts. Of p8ymasters, in
which he says: ~ have the honor to in
form you that it appears from the records
~ c4tTo boE ~, tt,r
paymasters of the army are indebted to
the government N larger or smaller
amounts under the bonds inst expired in
the years 1889 and 1881 or earlier. This
Indebtedness was asGeTtained upon e final
revision OF accounts OF said paymasters
six to ten months ago, due no
Ito the officer in each case. Con-
siderirg the length of time that has
elapsed since the expiration of said bonds
itiwould not seem to be advisable and
Certainly is not business like to longer
permit said accounts to remain in this
unsettled condition. If the government
be Justly entitled to the money, payment
should not be delayed. On the other
hand, if the officers have coed ard rea-
sonabie defense TO the charge,sgainst;him
he should be allowed 10 make 1t while the
evidence in the case, whether document
airy or oral, is still fresh and obtsin.ble.
The period of time intervening between
the expiration Of these bonds and
final revisions hereunder is
owing to the large number Of pGymasters
accounts that had accumulated IN this Of
| fee during 1883 and 1854 6nd prior ytsrs.
I am aware of the inconvenience and pCs-
siole hardships that has resulted to dis
bursting officers in ccnse quence thereof.
An early closing OF said accounts under
these old bonds is desired, and in each
case you will be notified, under
section 1876 of the Revised Statutes, as
soon as practicable, CT an otllcer's
Indebtedness. Accounting officers are
now engaged IN the examination OF the
psymasters disbursements made in the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1887. It is
thought 8 final revision Of the accounts
under the disbursing officers bond may be
had within reasonable time sitter its ex-
piration, and six months will bes held sui
ticlent time to close accounts il future.
The action of this office in regard thereto
will be governed accordingly.
NEW POSTAL CONVENTION.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-ActiDg Post
Master General Stephenson and Viscount,
the Portuguese Minister, to-day ex-
changed rstltications of az additional pos
tsl convention between Portugal end the
! United States. The convention mobiles
the present system of keeping
postal money order accounts between
the two countries and will go into effect
October /, next.
DISMISSED FROM THE SERVICE.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-The findings
of the general courtmartial which tried
Captain Cyrus N. Gray Of the Twenty
fifth Infantry has been acted upon By the
President. Captain Gray was found
guilty of conduct to the prejudice Of
good order and discipline in appearing at
the inspection st Fort Meade, D. T., and
for duty as officer of the day while drunk
The sentence of,the court was dismissal
from military service, and the President
having approved the sentence the dismis-
| sal will take place September l next.
A Valuable Cargo.